Example sentences of "be make [adv prt] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , it 's just been made up for her is it not ? |
| 2 | And we really need two men out there , but I ca n't ask more of them than they 're doing ; they 're making up for one short as it is . |
| 3 | A better case can be made out for its subject being Salmo salar : the Atlantic salmon , than for Orpheus ! |
| 4 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 5 | I was woken up in the night sometimes , the spare bed in my room being made up for someone they 'd met down the Club , the other lodger 's room already occupied . |
| 6 | The road behind the tall wall was still quiet , but the birds were making up for it , their incessant repeated sounds rising to sudden random crescendos as they all chirped fiercely together . |
| 7 | I did n't make up my mind , it was made up for me . |
| 8 | But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him . |
| 9 | He 'd get very wild those times , like he was making up for something . |
| 10 | Gwendolen had had a distressing day and was making up for it with several glasses of this delightfully spicy lemonade . |